Predict the Packers 2008 record

[Pacopete4]

Minnesota Vikings - win
@ Detroit Lions - win
Dallas Cowboys - loss
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers - loss
Atlanta Falcons - win
@ Seattle Seahawks - loss
Indianapolis Colts - loss
@ Tennessee Titans - loss
@ Minnesota Vikings - loss
Chicago Bears - win
@ New Orleans Saints - loss
Carolina Panthers - win
Houston Texans - win
@ Jacksonville Jaguars loss
@ Chicago Bears - loss
Detroit Lions - win

Even thought my gut tells me it'l be even worse, I'll predict with a little confidence..

(8-8 overall: 6-2 home, 2-6 road)
tough for a rook QB to win games in this league.. let alone to win on the road, it'll be a learning process)

[mission]

Im gonna say 10-6 but I think a lot of that hinges on the first game. If we get smoked by the Vikings somehow, Brett plays well, and the media pressure is thick post-week 1, it could be an 8-8 kinda season with a late rebound run.

If we go out and play well, Rodgers does what he's supposed to do and we play ball-control offense, we'll be able to ride some youthful confidence and surprise a couple of people and probably steal one of those Cowboys/Colts games on fluke and be looking good...

The playoffs are a tough call for me... it's not that I'm scared to put my word out there cuz that's whatever, but I really just don't know ... this is kind of one of those seasons. You're always in contention with Brett so saying Super Bowl was never ultra crazy but we don't know enough about Rodgers in pressure situations to make the call. I think eventually, yes; this season ... ? Probably not.

I'm keeping a positive outlook though. This is our team, Im supporting them, and I'm ready for the new Pack!! ... take it or leave it!

[The Leaper]

Put me down officially for 8-8.

I'm just not seeing many positive signs coming out of training camp right now...which isn't a good sign when you consider how difficult the first half of the schedule is. Our interior OL is a mess. Our starting RB has yet to play a single snap in preseason. Our veteran WR has shown frustration openly in the media. Our backup QBs aren't close to being ready for action. Our DL can't put any pressure on the QB. No rookies have stepped up and made a name for themselves...and many really have done next to nothing.

I think the team will be better by December...but it might not make any difference in terms of success in 2008. By "moving on", the Packers have chosen to take a step back now in order to hopefully take two steps forward in the future.

[Chevelle2]

Our veteran WR has shown frustration openly in the media.

Whats this?

[The Leaper]

Whats this?

Driver showed a lot of frustration after the SF game. I'm not blaming him...he SHOULD step up that way as a leader. However, I'm not going to see that as a great sign for the future either. Clearly, there are things that need fixing. Hopefully, that happens sooner rather than later.

[ThunderDan]

Minnesota Vikings - loss
@ Detroit Lions - Win
Dallas Cowboys - Loss
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Loss
Atlanta Falcons - WIN
@ Seattle Seahawks - Loss
Indianapolis Colts - LOSS
@ Tennessee Titans - Loss
@ Minnesota Vikings - Win - Run defense will figure it out by this point
Chicago Bears - WIN
@ New Orleans Saints - win
Carolina Panthers - loss
Houston Texans - loss
@ Jacksonville Jaguars LOSS
@ Chicago Bears - loss
Detroit Lions - WIN

6-10, yikes. I'll take my medicine if they're better, but they have a monster schedule, a hurt DL, and a first-year qb.

That's what everyone said about the schedule last year. We got the AFC West and the NFC East and we went 7-1 with Oakland the only gimme game.

We still get 6 games in the NFC North which should help big time. 9-7 could easily win the division.

[texaspackerbacker]

A whole lot of negativity going on here! Irrational negativity!

I predicted 11-5 or 12-4 last season. What I ask now is simply, WHY would they finish worse than the 13-3 of last year? Rodgers conpared to Favre? I doubt it. Favre lost a couple of games last year and got bailed out a couple of other times. Rodgers won't do that. Favre also won a couple of others that Rodgers might not be up to the individual performance on.

I'll go with 13-3, although going down the schedule game by game, I really don't see any sure thing losses. Cowboys maybe--they're good enough, but at our place with the revenge factor, probably not. Jacksonville at their place? Maybe, but I think they are an overrated team. Indy? One of the NFL's very best, but a home game for us. Minnesota? No way we lose that first game at home, and as somebody said, by the time we go to their place, the Packers will be a better team than early on. For no obvious reason, I have a bad feeling about Tennessee at their place. Vince Young is scary good, although very inconsistent. The Bears in the 15th game--which very well might be meaningless--is also a possible loss. None of those, however, are better than 50/50 prospects for losses.

[Gunakor]

Whats this?

Driver showed a lot of frustration after the SF game. I'm not blaming him...he SHOULD step up that way as a leader. However, I'm not going to see that as a great sign for the future either. Clearly, there are things that need fixing. Hopefully, that happens sooner rather than later.

I wouldn't read too much into a knee jerk reaction. As frustrated as he seemed after the SF game, he was incredibly confident after the Denver game when he did his post game interview. It all depends on the game. If you play well individually and as a team and get a win then you are going to sound more confident when interviewed after the game. If you play poorly as an individual and as a team and take a loss, then you are going to be frustrated. I don't see either as a long term prediction, merely a reaction to the game they just played.

[swede]

Minnesota Vikings - W
@ Detroit Lions - L
Dallas Cowboys - L
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers - W
Atlanta Falcons - W
@ Seattle Seahawks - W
Indianapolis Colts - W
@ Tennessee Titans - W
@ Minnesota Vikings - L
Chicago Bears - W
@ New Orleans Saints - L
Carolina Panthers - W
Houston Texans - W
@ Jacksonville Jaguars W
@ Chicago Bears - W
Detroit Lions - W


12-4

Would've been 13-3 and HFA with Favre. He'd have made a difference in the 2nd Minnesota game.

[texaspackerbacker]

Minnesota Vikings - W
@ Detroit Lions - L
Dallas Cowboys - L
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers - W
Atlanta Falcons - W
@ Seattle Seahawks - W
Indianapolis Colts - W
@ Tennessee Titans - W
@ Minnesota Vikings - L
Chicago Bears - W
@ New Orleans Saints - L
Carolina Panthers - W
Houston Texans - W
@ Jacksonville Jaguars W
@ Chicago Bears - W
Detroit Lions - W


12-4

Would've been 13-3 and HFA with Favre. He'd have made a difference in the 2nd Minnesota game.

A loss at Detroit? Explain please.

[Packerarcher]

8-8

[PackerBlues]

Minnesota Vikings - LOSS
@ Detroit Lions - LOSS
Dallas Cowboys - LOSS
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers - WIN
Atlanta Falcons - WIN
@ Seattle Seahawks - LOSS
Indianapolis Colts - LOSS
@ Tennessee Titans - LOSS
@ Minnesota Vikings - LOSS
Chicago Bears - LOSS
@ New Orleans Saints - LOSS
Carolina Panthers - LOSS
Houston Texans - WIN
@ Jacksonville Jaguars LOSS
@ Chicago Bears - LOSS
Detroit Lions - WIN

Looks like 4-12 to me, but who knows, with a little luck, the developement of a pass rush, and a miracle happening to get good play from the patchwork O-line.......... maybe 6-10.

[Scott Campbell]

Looks like 4-12 to me, but who knows.......

Looks a lot like the doom and gloom prediction from last year.

[3irty1]

The day we go from 13-3 to 4-12 is the day that I saw off my own balls.

[Partial]

The day we go from 13-3 to 4-12 is the day that I saw off my own balls.

I wouldn't put that in writing. Otherwise someday odds are you'll have pee shoes and be without balls.